Julie Strietelmeier

I created The Gadgeteer in 1997 as a fun way to share my passion for gadgets which began when I was a little kid. Some of my other interests include ukulele, photography, productivity hacks, and minimalism. Learn more about me and my favorite gear.

Type \’N Go Keyboard Review

Product Requirements: Device: Palm III series (except IIIc), Palm V/Vx, Handspring Visor Series (except Edge and Prism) 15 K PRC The Type ‘N Go from Fellowes is a keyboard for your Palm V/Vx, Palm III or Handspring Visor series (Excluding the Edge and Prism) PDAs. You might think that with the Stowaway, Cirque, GoType and

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Rhinoskin Palm m50x Hardcases Review

Product Requirements: Device: Palm m500/505 Anyone that has been around PDAs for any amount of time has most likely heard of the titanium hard cases made by Rhinoskin.  Beginning with the titanium book-style case that Rhinoskin offered for the original Palm Pilot, and evolving into the Ti – slider style that appeared when the Palm

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Chameleon Palm m500, m100 and V Series Hard Case Review

Palm m500 Series Version Product Requirements: Device: Palm m500, m505 The Chameleon m5 is an update of ScribblePDA’s original Palm V hard case. This new version has been made specifically for the Palm m500 series PDAs and looks almost identical to the older Palm V version. This case is available in both a belt clip

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SpringWallet Springboard Module Holder Review

I’ve been a fan of the Handspring Visor since it first came out. I like the Springboard expansion system and own several modules. On more than one occasion, I’ve found myself digging around blindly at the bottom of my gear bag trying to find module X. After several moments of grumbling, I usually find it,

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FORTE Belt Clip PDA Case Review

Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ 3100, 3600 and 3800 series The FORTE Belt Clip PDA case is a brown leather holster style case. It isn’t a play thru case like the popular Vaja and E&B slipper style offerings. Instead, you just use this case to transport your PDA, and must remove it to use it

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Piel Frama PDA Cases Review

Piel Frama is a leather goods manufacturer located in Ubrique, Spain (The Land of Leather). In business since 1960, they have just come out with their first line of PDA cases. Created in the same style as cases made by Vaja, they are the slipper / play through variety. Versions are available for the Palm

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Tech Media PDA BodyGuard Keyboard Cases Review

Product Requirements: Device: Stowaway Folding Keyboard and various Palm and Pocket PC PDAs Are you one of the thousands of PDA users that also own the Stowaway Folding Keyboard from ThinkOutside? Maybe you would like to replace the thin zippered pouch that was included with your keyboard with something more substantial? Or maybe you would

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Swiss Army Urban Issue Case Review

Product Requirements: Device: Palm III series (not including IIIc), Palm VII series, Palm V series Have you been looking for a PDA case that will allow you to retire your regular wallet? Most PDA wallet combo cases tend to be geared towards the corporate Joe and have that stuffy office look about them. If you

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Whitney CF Sleeve Review

Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ 3100, 3600 series What do you get when you take a popular custom iPAQ accessory and combine it with an equally popular case manufacture’s iPAQ case? You get one must-have iPAQ item! What am I talking about? I’m talking about merging the Whitney CompactFlash sleeve mod with a sync-able Vaja

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Magic-i Keychain Mini Databank Review

Product Requirements: Desktop: Windows PC for syncing application How would you like to shrink your PDA down to the size of a keychain? Or even better, how would you like to actually turn your PDA into a keychain? Sound interesting? That’s what I thought when I first heard about the Magic-i Keychain Mini Databank from

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SnapNType Visor Keyboard Review

Product Requirements: Device: Visor, Visor Deluxe, Visor Neo, Visor Platinum, Visor Prism, Visor Pro SnapNType.prc 7k FaceBoard.prc 30k The SnapNType T101 from TT Tech LTD. is a unique snap-on input device that is compatible with all of the current Handspring Visor PDAs excluding the Edge model. This thumb-type keyboard is reminiscent of the popular RIM

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Hewlett Packard Jornada 565 Review

Product Requirements: Desktop: Windows 98, NT 4.0, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Pocket PC 2002 was officially announced on Oct 4th, 2001 and with it, several new Pocket PC devices were also unveiled. The first one to become publicly available is the Hewlett Packard Jornada 560 series which is an update of their

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Swiss Army Guide Case Review

Product Requirements: Device: Palm III series (not including IIIc), Palm VII series, Palm V series Swiss Army PDA cases are one of the more unique line of cases available for Palm Connected Organizers. What makes them unique is their special quick-release clip for the Palm V series, Palm III series and Palm VII series PDAs.

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iPAQ ePack External Battery Pack Review

Product Requirements: Device: Compaq Aero, iPAQ 3100, and 3600 series Picture this scenario: You’re sitting in an airplane happily listening to Cake sing Short Skirt/Long Jacket on your iPAQ when your PDA starts complaining about fatally low battery levels and shuts off. ACK! What do you do now, your flight still has several hours left.

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PyroPro MP3 Player Review

Product Requirements: Device: Palm V/Vx PyroMic.prc        37k PyroPlayer.prc    132k PyroPower.prc    22k PyroProFile.prc   65k Desktop: Windows 98, 2000, ME Free USB and serial port Can we all agree that Palm, Inc. is pretty much the creator of the handheld PDA as we know it today? They came first and several others have followed in their footsteps.

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Vaja Custom iPAQ Case Service Review

Product Requirements: Device: Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC “Build Your Own Case”… I really like the sound of those words. They mean that there is an opportunity to create something that will be exactly the way that you want it. You can pick the color you want, the style that you want, basically every detail will

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